Gatling v. Dc Department of Corrections

Opinion

FILED

UNITED sTATEs I)ls'rnrcr CoURT NOV 1 5 2013 FoR THE l)rsrlucr or coLUMB1A casn<. u.s. aetna s. sannrupwy _ Courts for the Dlstrict 01 Columhia

LEWIS EARNEST GATLING, ) )

Plaintiff, )

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v ) Civil Action No. 13-1487

o.c. DEPARTMENT or CoRR_ECTIoNS, ) )

Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The Court has allowed the above-captioned action to be provisionally flled. Before the Court would consider the plaintiff s complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperz`s, the plaintiff was directed to submit a certified copy of his trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent), including the supporting ledger sheets, for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of this complaint, obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at which plaintiff is or was confined. 28 U.S.C. § l9l5(a)(2). T0 date, the plaintiff has not submitted the required financial information. Accordingly, the Court will deny his application to proceed in forma pauperis and will dismiss the complaint without prejudice.

An Order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.

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